Gospel Study – If Jesus Comes to Our Church

Where does change need to begin? Out there in the world or in here, in your heart and mine? Fr. Jim shares a lesson in personal humility as he unpacks the story of Jesus cleansing the Temple.

Gospel Study – A Vision to Guide Us

How is Jesus leading you up the mountain? Life in the valley is hard and can get us down. Fr. Jim reminds us we need that vision of the resurrection to keep us going. Read the Gospel (Mark 9:2-10) and complete transcription:

Gospel Study – Lent – A Time for the Desert

Is Lent a time to give up dessert or a time to enter the desert along with Jesus? Fr. Jim suggests the latter. Listen for his profound insight into the healing struggle of this Lenten time. Read the Gospel (Mark 1:12-15) and transcription:

Gospel Study – Healing Power of Love

A man with leprosy breaks societal convention and approaches Jesus. He kneels down and reaches out to Jesus physically and through faith: “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Jesus responds, “I do will it. Be made clean.” But Father Jim is challenged: “Why don’t you really heal anyone?” a woman asks him. Listen…

Gospel Study – Time Management

Jesus had his priorities straight. In this Gospel he heals Peter’s mother-in-law and then the whole town comes out to be healed. But afterward, what does Jesus do? He goes away to a place of quiet and solitude and prays. We can learn great things from this lesson. Read the Gospel and complete transcript:

Gospel Study – Get the Devil Out of Here

In this Gospel Jesus teaches in the Synagogue in Capernaum and when confronted by a person with an unclean spirit He drives out the demon. In exorcisms, in order to drive out the demons, they must be confronted and they must name themselves. We too must confront and name our own demons in order to…

Gospel Study – Answer the Call

Come. Abandon. Learn. Love: CALL This is the acronym Fr. Jim uses to imagine the call that Jesus used for his disciples; the same call He uses for us today. Read the full and complete transcript here: Answer the Call – Transcript

Gospel Study – Share Your Faith

John the Baptist sees Jesus and proclaims, “Behold the Lamb of God.” At this, Andrew leaves his company and joins Jesus. He then recruits his brother Simon to join them. Jesus became their Rabbi, their teacher. Who do you seek? Who do you follow? Share Your Faith – Transcript

Gospel Study – Wise Men Still Seek Him

Fr. Jim asks: Will we be the wise men and women taking up the journey to Jesus? Like the Magi, will we take a different path than the world would have us go? Transcript: Wise Men Still Seek Him – Transcription

Gospel Study – Light One Candle

In this Gospel on the presentation of Jesus in the Temple, Fr. Jim reminds us that Mary and Joseph went out of their way to bring Jesus to Jerusalem; a journey that was not easy but foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice Jesus would make for us. Transcription: Light One Candle – Transcription